Courses
Skip to Courses in Ancient Studies for 2008-2009
Offered Courses
Courses available to concentrators in Ancient Studies include but are not limited to the following (beginning language courses are not listed here):
Anthropology [visit this department]
115 Urbanism in the Archaeological Record
Classics [visit this department]
1 The Greeks
2 The Romans
18 Indian Civilization through its Literature
21 Topics in Classical Literature and Civilization
40 Ancient Comedy and its Influence
50 Virgil, Augustus, and Rome
52 Religion and Magic in Ancient Greece
56 War and Society in the Ancient World
60 The Worlds of Late Antiquity
62 Greek Tragedy
70 Individual and Community: The Beginnings of Political Thought
75 Sociology of Gender in Ancient Athens
76 Ancient Utopias and Imaginary Places
90 Greek Mythology
99 Concepts of the Self in Classical Indian Literature
112 Comparative Themes and Topics
116 The Legacy of Virgil
121, 122 History of Greece
130 Ancient Greek Political Theory and Practice
131, 132 Roman History
140 Love, Sexuality, and Friendship
177 Ancient Law
Egyptology [visit this department]
120,121 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
133 Selections from Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts
134 Selections from Middle Egyptian Hieratic Texts
141 Ancient Egyptian Literature
142 Ancient Egyptian Religion and Magic
143,144 History of Egypt I-II: 5000-1000 B.C.
145 History of Egypt III: Libyans, Nubians and Persians in Egypt
146 History of Egypt IV: The Age of Cleopatra
150,151 Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture
History [visit this department]
97 Introductory History Seminar : Greeks, Romans, and Jews: Conflicts and Confluence in Civilization
100 Hellenistic History: From Alexander the Great to the Roman Conquest
History of Art and Architecture [visit this department]
1 Introduction to the History of Art and Architecture
25 Classical Art and Architecture
34 Roman Art and Architecture
35 Imperial Art and Architecture
52 Roman Art and Architecture from the Late Roman Republic to the Early Empire (First Century B.C.E.-First Century C.E.)
History of Mathematics [visit this department]
231, 232 Ancient Scientific Texts
(Qualified undergraduates may be admitted to graduate level courses.)
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World [visit this department]
3 Foundations of Western Art in Antiquity
5 Archaeological Fieldwork
36 Archaeology of Anatolia
37 Archaeology of Mesopotamia
38 Archaeology of Iran
45 Archaeology of Jerusalem
120 Topics in Old World Archaeology and Art
130 Greek Architecture
145 Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Judaic Studies [visit this department]
26 The Bible as Literature
41 Introduction to Rabbinic Literature
47 The Hebrew Bible and the History of Ancient Israel
53 Jews and Judaism in the Ancient World from Hellenistic Times to 70 C.E.
98 Seminar in Judaic Studies (ancient topics)
99 Topics in Judaic Studies (ancient topics)
153 Exilic Responses to Crisis: Biblical Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E.
198 Advanced Seminar in Judaic Studies (ancient topics)
199 Advanced Topics in Judaic Studies (ancient topics)
Philosophy [visit this department]
35 Ancient Philosophy
125 Aristotle
126 Plato
Religious Studies [visit this department]
2 History of Religions: Introduction to Christianity
71 New Testament and the Beginnings of Christianity
72 Christianity in Late Antiquity
88 Issues in the History of Religions (ancient topics)
188 Topics in the History of Religions (ancient topics)
Language Study
For Students interested in studying ancient languages, courses are offered in: Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Phoenician, Sanskrit, Syriac, Targumic Aramaic, and Old Aramaic / Imperial Aramaic / Biblical Aramaic.
Ancient Studies Seminar for Concentrators (AS100)
Seminar
The seminar is the single required course for a concentration in Ancient Studies. It is taught by faculty from various departments and pursues a question or problem across several ancient civilizations. Examples of seminar topics are: Sources and their Interpretation in Ancient Civilizations, and Perception and Representation of the Past in Ancient Civilizations. Members of the seminar will undertake supervised research on a subject of their choice. The course is open to juniors and seniors. It is recommended to take it in both years.
The Concentration Patterns
1. Ancient History (standard and honors)
2. Ancient Religions (standard and honors)
3. Languages and Literatures of Greece, Rome, North Africa, pre-Islamic West and South Asia (honors only)
COURSES IN ANCIENT STUDIES 2008-09
Ancient Studies
ANCT 1000A Writing History in the Ancient World (Fall) K. Raaflaub
Anthropology
ANTH 0500 Discovering the Past: Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory
(Fall) R. Gould
ANTH 0520 Classic Mayan Civilization (Spr.) S. Houston
ANTH 1540 Archaeology of Asian Civilizations (Fall) D. Anderson
ANTH 1570 American Indian Archaeology (Spr.) D. Anderson
ANTH 1650 Ancient Maya Writing (Fall) S. Houston
ANTH 2520 Mesoamerican Archaeology and Ethnohistory (Spr.) S. Houston
Classics
CLAS 0210 Seneca: Philosophist, Dramatist, and Victim of Nero (Fall)
S. Bartsch
CLAS 0210B Death in Ancient Greece (Fall) P. Nieto Hernandez
CLAS 0210K Sappho: Poet and Legend (Spr.) D. Boedeker
CLAS 0400 Ancient Comedy and Its Influence (Fall) D. Konstan
CLAS 0560 War and Society in the Ancient World (Spr.) K. Raaflaub
CLAS 0620 Greek Tragedy (Fall) J. DeBrohun
CLAS 0810A Alexander the Great and the Alexander Tradition (Fall)
J. Cherry
CLAS 0820 Epics of India (Fall) J. Fitzgerald
CLAS 1120D Myth and Origins of Science (Spr.) M. Gill
CLAS 1120G The Idea of Self (Fall) J. Pucci
CLAS 1310 Roman History: The Rise and Fall of an Imperial Republic (Fall)
K. Raaflaub
CLAS 1750E Writing History in the Ancient World (Fall) K. Raaflaub
CLAS 1750J Ancient Revenge Dramas (Fall) A. Scafuro
CLAS 2010M Problems in Old World Archaeology: The Archaeology of Empires
(Fall) S. Alcock
Greek
GREEK 0300 Introduction to Greek Literature (Fall) A. Scafuro
GREEK 1050A Aristophanes (Fall) P. Nieto Hernandez
GREEK 1060 Herodotus (Spr.) D. Boedeker
GREEK 1100 Advanced Homer: Odyssey (Spr.) C. Fornara
GREEK 1110B Plato, Phaedrus (Fall) M. Gill
GREEK 1110 R Characters and Characterization in Greek Literature (Spr.)
K. Haynes
GREEK 1810 Early Greek Literature (Fall) C. Fomara
GREEK 2110E Aeschines and Demosthenes, “Crowning Speeches” (Spr.)
A. Scafuro
GREEK 2110F Greek Palaeography and Premodern Book Cultures (Fall)
E. Papaioannou
Latin
LATN 0300 Introduction to Latin Literature (Fall)
LATN 0400 Introduction to Latin Literature (Spr.)
LATN 1020B Cicero, Verrines (Spr.) A. Scafuro
LATN 1040A Virgil: Eclogues and Georgics (Spr.) J. DeBrohun
LATN 1110G Latin Love Elegy (Fall) J. DeBrohun
LATN 1820 Survey of Roman Literature from Horace to Suetonuis (Spr.)
J. DeBrohun
LATN 2090B Lucretius (Fall) D. Konstan
LATN 2120A Roman Epigraphy (Spr.) J. Bodel Comparative Literature
COLT 0710Q Odysseus in Literature (Fall) M. Pourgouris
COLT 0810H How not to Be a Hero (Fall) K. Haynes
East Asian Studies
EAST 1250 Confucian Ethics (Spr.)
EAST 1880D Early Daoist Syncretism: Zhyang Zi and Hyainan Zi (Spr.) H. Roth
Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies
EGYT 1330 Selections from Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts Spr.) J. Allen
EGYT 1420 Ancient Egyptian Religion and Magic (Fall) J. Allen
EGYT 1450 History of Egypt III, Libyans, Nubians, and Persians in Egypt (Fall)
L. Depuydt
EGYT 1460 History of Egypt IV. The Age of Cleopatra (Spr.) L. Depuydt
EGYT 1510 Ancient Egyptian Art II (Spr.)
EGYT 2510 Social Life in Ancient Egypt (Fall) L. Bestock
History of Mathematics
HMAT 2120 Historiography of the Exact Sciences (Fall) J. Steele
HMAT 2310A Ancient Scientific Texts: Akkadian (Fall) J. Steele
HMAT 2310B Assyriology I (Fall)
HMAT 2310C Assyriology II (Spr.)
HMAT tba Astronomy before the Telescope (Spring) J. Steele
HMAT tba Astronomy, Politics, Divination in the Ancient World (Spring)
J. Steele
History
HIST 0010 Europe from Rome to the Eighteenth Century (Fall)
T. Nummedal
HIST 0410 Intrdouction to East Asian Civilization: China (Fall)
J. Delury
HIST 1000B The Shaping of the Classical World: Greeks, Jews, and Romans
(Spr.) K. Sacks
HIST 1010B Roman History II (Spr.) J. Bodel
HIST 1380 History of Chinese Political Thought (Spr.) J. Delury
History of Art and Architecture
HIAA 0110 Ancient China: Art and Archaeology (Fall) R. Bickford
HIIA 0340 Roman Art and Architecture: Late Republican to Hadrian “A”
(Spring) R. Molholt
HIAA 1200G Topics in Roman Art and Architecture: Roman Spectacles (Fall)
R. Molholt
Archaeology and the Ancient World
ARCH 0030 Art in Antiquity: An Introduction (Fall) O. Harmansah
ARCH 0100 Field Archaeology in the Ancient World (Spr.) S. Alcock
ARCH 0150 Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology and Art (Fall)
ARH 0300 13 Things: Archaeology, Material Culture, Science Studies and
Design (Fall) C. Witmore
ARCH 0325 Dead White Guys: Greco-Roman Civilization and American Identity
(Spr.) L. Monteiro
ARCH 0420 Archaeologies of the Greek Past (Spr.) C. Witmore
ARCH 1100 Archaeology of the Age of Augustus (Fall) S. Alcock
ARCH 1200B Pompeii (Spr.)
ARCH 1250 Greece in the Bronze Age (Fall) J. Cherry
ARCH 1625 Ancient Egyptian Religion and Culture (Spr.) O. Harmansah
ARCH 2050 Glimpses of Mesopotamian History and Archaeology (Fall)
B. Abu Al-Soof
ARCH 2160 The Archaeology of Democracy: Social Transformations in Ancient
Greece, ca 900-323 BCE (Spr.) C. Witmore
ARCH 2410 Archaeologies of Place (Spr.) O. Harmansah
Judaic Studies
JUDS 0470 The Hebrew Bible and the History of Ancient Israel (Fall) S. Olyan
JUDS 0980D Good and Evil (Fall) M. Gottsegen
JUDS 1440 Ancient Synagogues, Churches, and Mosques
Philosophy
PHIL 0350 Ancient Philosophy (Spr.) R. Rose
PHIL 0990G Plato (Spr.) J. Broackes
PHIL 1250 Aristotle (Spr.) M. Gill
PHIL 1260 Plato (Fall) M. Gill
PHIL 1420 Philosophy and Poetry (Spr.) C. Larmore
Religious Studies
RELS 0130 Introduction to Hinduism (Fall) D. Wulff
RELS 0140 Introduction to Indian Religions (Spr.) D. Wulff
RELS 0190 Japanese Religious Traditions (Spr.)
RELS 0400 New Testament and the Beginnings of Christianity (Fall) R. Kraemer
RELS 1210 Religion and Gender in the Ancient Mediterranean (Spr.)
R. Kraemer
RELS 1430 Classics of East Asian Buddhism (Fall)
RELS 2160 Aramaic Readings (Spr.) S. Olyan
RELS 2200L Historiography of Earliest Christianity (Fall) S. Stowers
RELS 2200M Early Christian Hymnography (Spr.) S. Harvey
Theatre, Speech and Dance
TSDA 1230 Performance Theory and Theatre Histories (Fall)
R. Schneider